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Phoebe Moves in Stereo: How Fast Times at Ridgemont High Gave Birth to a Classic Scene

by Mike McGranaghan

John Carpenter and the Apocalypse: A Study of Three Films

by Justin LaLiberty

Lost Video Archive: Skatetown USA

by Seth Goodkind

Aural Enigmas: Sound Design in Ti West’s The Innkeepers

by Todd Garbarini

Japan’s Direct to Video Explosion

by Josh Johnson

Firing Broadsides: Creating a Horror Canon

by C. Rachel Katz

The Devil’s in The DeVAS: The Many Foes of Beatrix Kiddo

by Zachary Kelley

Corpse Fucking Art: A Guide to Necrophilia in Horror Cinema

by Samm Deighan

“I’m sorry if the end of the world makes me a little nervous.” An Interview with Kelli Maroney

by Chris Hallock

It’s Complicated: An In Depth Look at the Evolution of Bill and The Bride’s

Turbulent Relationship in Kill Bill

by Matthew House

What’s In A Name? The Rise and Decline of Hollywood Fall Guy Alan Smithee

by James Gracey

Last Words: Burn the Innocents with the Aggressors

by S. Patrick Gallagher

A Serbian Film: Transgressive Horror
in the Internet Age by Thomas Duke.

Sam The Great And Powerfull
by Bryce Wilson.

Juice Dogs & Erotic Trauma: An Exploration into Stephen Sayadian’s Nightdreams and Dr. Caligari by Heather Drain.

The Vehicle Possessed–Masculinity and Male Agency in Wheels of Terror
by Seth Goodkind.

The Making of the Penitentiary Films
by Paul Talbot.

The Lion in Winter: The Later Years of the American Action Hero by Jon Abrams.

The Many Villainous Faces of
David Patrick Kelly by Chris Hallock.

Eyes Wide Open: Finding the Key to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining through Rodney Ascher’s Room 237 by Todd Garbarini.

Dying to Learn: Racial Politics and Violence as Pedagogy in Teacher-Features of the Post-Reagan Era by L.H. Marks.

They Call Me Bruce: The History of Bruce Lee Exploitation Cinema
by Will Sloan.